Cyprus

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will depart on Sunday for a working visit to Washington DC following an invitation by his US counterpart Antony Blinken. On Tuesday he will meet Secretary ...

The first phase of the new Nicosia bus network kicked off on Saturday, with the transport ministry saying the second phase is due to begin at the end of February. ...

As Cyprus prepares to discuss possible relaxations to coronavirus decrees next week, one of Israel’s top vaccination advisors told the Cyprus Mail that the significance of the Covid-19 passes ...

Two more people, aged 18 and 20, were arrested and a third remanded for six days on Saturday in relation to 70 robberies and two burglaries in the Famagusta district. A 19-year-old arrested ...

Nineteen people and 16 businesses were booked in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning for violating coronavirus protocols, police said. The fines came out of 2,140 checks carried out around the ...

A rising global trend, forest bathing can boost the immune system, calm the mind, and even help us heal from Covid-19. Alix Norman speaks to three local forest bathers about ...

The Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Shipping announced on Friday the expiration of the deadline for the submission of tenders to establish a passenger maritime link between Cyprus and Greece, as ...

State-owned asset management company Kedipes announced on Friday that it repaid €60 million in state aid during the fourth quarter of the previous year, with state aid repayments reaching €250 million for ...

By Zenon Papaphilippou As the Investment Funds Industry in Cyprus continues to prolifically expand and record growth, the responsibility for high standards of ethical professionalism becomes more pertinent than ever ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Gina Agapiou The three-year-old boy who requires heart treatment but was denied entry to Germany because his parents were unvaccinated is to instead be flown to ...

The health ministry announced that two people had died of Covid-19 and that 2,587 had tested positive from 110,201 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.35 per cent. The deaths concerned ...

The financial support given to companies affected by the ongoing pandemic announced by the Ministry of Finance this week seems to be financially bearable without serious consequences on public finances, ...

Saying his loyalty lay with his party rather than with individuals, President Nicos Anastasiades has made clear that he will back Disy leader Averof Neophytou’s bid to succeed him ...

Three out of four Cypriots who used the internet for private purposes in 2021 managed access to their personal data online – marginally above the EU27 average of 73 per cent. But only 33 ...

Several nets, ropes and hooks that made their way into the sea caves where Mediterranean monk seals breed during the recent bout of severe weather were removed on Friday by ...

Works for the construction of the road around the new football stadium in Kolossi will start in February with a total budget of €9.1m, transport ministry announced on Friday. The ...

A total of 85 per cent of patients with Covid-19 receiving treatment at Famagusta General Hospital are unvaccinated, according to Amalia Hadjiyianni, scientific director at the Larnaca and Famagusta general hospitals. ...

A 33-year-old woman was arrested at Paphos airport for assaulting officers who approached her after she refused to wear a face mask and undergo a PCR test. According to Paphos ...

A man from the village of Paramali in the Limassol district was arrested and placed in custody on Friday on charges of poaching and unlawful possession of a weapon following ...

Defence Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides on Friday announced the launch of a new improved system where future conscripts will be able to submit their details electronically once they reach 16 years ...

The Cyprus government says references included in a resolution, adopted on Thursday by the UN Security Council, extending the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNIFCYP) until July 31, 2022, improve ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday appointed former government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos as his undersecretary, following the resignation of Vasilis Palmas the previous day. In a written statement announcing the decision ...

Cyprus expects to take delivery of Pfizer’s oral antiviral medicine Paxlovid for the treatment of Covid-19 in mid or late February and has ordered sufficient quantities to cover the ...

An internet café owner in Paphos has fallen victim to online fraud after losing €7,800 following money transfers he made to a bank in Germany to pay for a quantity of ...